ABC lawyers accuse Trumpâs FCC of punishing network for political reasons
Network lawyers in a legal motion strongly pushed back against the FCCâs investigation into The View talkshowLawyers representing an ABC station have accused the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of punishing the network for political purposes in a strongly worded attack on the Trump-controlled commissionâs investigation into top-rated talkshow, The View.In a legal motion filed on Thursday, KTRK-TV, a Houston-based local television station owned by ABC, pushed back strongly against the FCC investigation, accusing the purportedly independent agency of taking actions that âthreaten to upend decades of settled law and practice and chill critical protected speech, both with respect to The View and more broadlyâ. Continue reading...
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